Ohio must fund addiction treatment

4:00 PM,
May 6, 2014

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Editorial board

As state officials and lawmakers grapple with a surge in heroin dealing and, consequently, a similiar surge in overdose deaths related to the drug, new ideas are being discussed in Ohio.

Last week, Attorney General Mike DeWine and Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters, himself a former state official, announced they are working on legislation that would allow prosecutors to charge drug dealers with murder if they provide a fatal dose of heroin to an addict. It's a good idea and easy to get behind, but the proof will be in the details.